The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-02-10
OUR SPLENDID GIRLS.
HOW THE YOUNG MEN OF THE DAY
COMPARE WITH THEM.
Ub and Down Fifth .Avonue-Ai Mag
nincont Specimen of American Woman
hood-Tho Slim, Thin Faced, Tottcring
Tirnra of n Dudc--AthIetics.

Tiguro of Dudc--Ath1etics.
Some Sunday. afternoon, take walk
up Fifth avenue and then down again.
Make it the afternoon. At noon, when
the church goers have just been released
from church, the pavement is SO crowded
that YOU see no more than q moving mass
of colors, which bewilders the eye and
overwfelns the perceptions. You will
see q hundred people you know on the way
upland another hundred on the way down.
And they come along in o convenient
struggling procession so that you can nod
b to them If you have a nodding acquaintr
ance, or stop to shake hands if the rela-
tions existing are q little closer and more
friendly.
Gen. Sherman, Tom Ochiltree, Addison
Cammack, Kyrle Bellew, the Hon. Will
liam T. Cody, The. Marquis de Mores, Larry
Jerome are interesting, to be sure, and
suggest rclections'of all shades, grave and
cay, but. this magnificent looking girl who
swings along at a. four mile gait is not
only a subject for reflection, she is theme
for admiration, for congratulation, for
tenderness, and the sight Of her sends ten
thousand. new impulses through the mind
and heart.
THIS is American womanhood.
Not the American womanhood of Wash
iugton rvings day, when 5limsy dresses
Mghtto make thcms cling sclosely.to the
form, and when shoes with paper soles
were in general favor, and the donning of
them was as good as o cordial invitation
to the pneumonia. No; those were the
days, not only of meagre brains, but of
diseased and dyspeptic stomachs, hesitat-
ing hearts, pinched cheeks and fragile
/ limbs American wonlanhood of the past
was ghost. :,
GLORIOUS SIGHT.
This is the American womanhood of to-
day, and even more truly of the future,
heaven be praisedl Look ut the rosy
cheeks, the sparkling eyes, the shoulders
thrown back, the firm and certain step.
Notice how well nourished the checks are.
how deep and true the inspirations, and
how plump and well rounded the arms
which taper. down to the well Gloved
hands, Is it not q glorious sight? There
/: Is no liEhance for Gpaper soled shoes ''here.
Broad, substantially soled button boots
cover the handsome, muscular feet, and
in. place of the tawdry costume whose
likeness is preserved for us by dozens of
old engravings, here we have q neat end
well made cloth suit, which fits the own
er's form to perfection. Can anything be
moro satisfactory to the eye than this
pictur. Of honest health of alert though
not, perhaps Of subtle intelligence and
womanB beauty? There may be no sug-
Z gestien of sentimentaiity here, nothing Of
what everyday novelists call poetry, and
there is no romantic. melancholy, but,
without any sacrifice of womanliness,
.thereenis grace, and, above oil, there are.
life and strength.
But what il this? What is this slim,
puny, thin faced, toddling, tottering little
figure Who emphasizes by sheer force OF
contrast the strength and the color Of this
girl with the greyhound-ike movement
Well, it's American manhood, or, per-
haps, to be!exactly just, it is one ASPECT OF.
it. No, that cane is not 30 heavy as it
looks. If it were SO, this example Of
American manhood could not carry it. If
he took, his gloves of, you would see u
couple Of heavy gold rings putting to
shame the attenuationof his fingers. His
hat, as you see, threatens to .eKtinguish
him. The cape of, his oyercoat over his
!; marrow shoulders looks like the cape of
Good Hope Compare his dull, weary
eyes with the sparklers which blaze in
the girls head Compare their cheeks
without putting them, together. Look at
his mincing toddle and look:at her stride.
Compare their figures But thoro Is no
comparison. They cannot be compared
any more than con wt1eIand water, or the
pale ind sictdy moon TINT fronts, the;
dawn with the resplendent queenof night.
"But,',l' you ask, H:what about these ath-.
letic. clubs! whereof we. hear: SO muchs
How. is it that they do not serve to build
-up these sickly formsP The gymnasiums
are resorted to. Athletics arc the fash:
ion. ~ ::
& THE INSIDE FACTS
Ansthis IS true, ''bt,t< only true in:part.
The gymnasiums are resorted to- but very
much as the theatres arc. The youth Of
the day goes to; see others exercise just Us
he goes to see 'othersi act on the stage. AS
a. matter of theory, he knows q great deal
moro about jumping and running, wrest-,
ling und boxing than the youth of 10 or 15
years ago did 5He is learned In technical
terms andis educated rs a'critic, but as q
performer he is nowhere. His enthusiasm
for the athletics is the enthusiasm which
arranges md. supports private slugging
matches. He. pays S25i apiece for them.
And when he expresses disappointment
that the mill has not been lively enough,
the slugger replies:
81 know what youse young fellers
want want blood, and yer can't
have blood for less than $50.
This is the kind of enthusiasts for
athletics which is. rampant. Itis the kind
which prompts the youth with no chest
and legs to stay up all night and pay $25
to discover ut dawn the next morning,
thirty or forty miles away from his warm
littlessbed, THAT the great fight between
Jack and Jill for $4,000 a side will not
take place, information which he can buy
with his evening paper for. two cents.
And it this enthusiasm which keeps the
membership of the athletic clubs up to
high figures. But out of. every hundred
members about five use the appliances in
the gymnasium and ninety-fve watch
them do It'll. S. Hewitt in New York